Ancient Greece: Map Activity

Echoes p. 100, 120, 134

1. Mark the following geographic areas on the map. Use different colours for each category and include a legend.

Bodies of Water Land Areas Cities Battle Sites

 Mediterranean Sea  Asia Minor  Knossos  Marathon  Aegean Sea  Thrace  Mycenae  Thermopylae  Ionian Sea  Macedonia  Troy (Ilium)  Salamis  Black Sea  Greece  Byzantium  Plataea  Gulf of Corinth  Peloponnesus  Athens  Hellespont  Laconia  Sparta (Dardanelles)  Crete  Thebes  Bosporus  Attica  Corinth  Ionia  Mount Olympus  Delphi

Clue Answer 2. The city of intensely trained citizen soldiers was 3. The home of Socrates and an early democracy was 4. The location of the famous siege fought by early Greek heroes was 5. The location of a famous oracle often consulted by the Greeks was 6. The traditional home of the Greek gods was 7. The city which was capital of a major civilization which preceded the Greeks was 8. The area from which Alexander the Great came was 9. The location of a famous battle in which Greeks defeated Persons (and now the name of a footrace) was 10. The location of the sea battle that helped turn back the Persian invasion of Greece was 11. Three hundred Spartans died defending the pass at 12. The walled city where archaeologists uncovered a very early Greek culture was

Questions 14. Identify and analyze the geographic characteristics in the Aegean and Greece.

15. How does the geography of Greece give any clues as to why, historically, it was difficult for Greeks to unite? Explain.

Other Helpful Links Maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/greece.html Maps of Ancient Greek World http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/mapindex.htm Ancient Greece http://www.teacheroz.com/greeks.html Geographic Influence on Greece http://killeenroos.com/1/Gregeoce.htm Greece Geographical Regions http://www.photius.com/countries/greece/geography/greece_geography_geographical_regions.html